It’s down in a gully near Bunker Hill Road in Hereford. Peer through the trees and you’ll see it, a vintage Baltimore streetcar, forgotten and rusting away in the forest. Hiker (and WYPR host) Ashley Sterner discovered the derelict streetcar a few years ago and has been obsessed with the mystery ever since: How did it end up there? And why? This episode, we pay a visit to The Baltimore Streetcar Museum and find answers.
![For more than 60 years, nature has been slowly reclaiming this artifact of Baltimore's streetcar era. (Photo credit Aaron Henkin / WYPR)](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ebb6517/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2903x2904+0+0/resize/880x880!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F31%2Fda%2Ffeb400644a40949967556389279e%2Fold-streetcar-square.jpg)
![John Engleman and friends at The Baltimore Streetcar Museum have meticulously preserved this streetcar. It's approximately the same vintage at the car abandoned in the woods. (Photo credit Aaron Henkin / WYPR)](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c1937d4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2940x2940+0+0/resize/880x880!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe5%2F6f%2Ff54e3dad4108919678b7f4baf135%2Frestored-streetcar-square.jpg)